Bashar (

Arabic Arabic (, , or , ) is a Central Semitic languages, Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns lang ...

: ) is a given name, surname, and place name. Bashar may refer to:

Places

* Bashar, Iran, a village in Qazvin Province, Iran * Bashar, Plateau State, a village in the Wase local Government Area of Plateau State In Nigeria *

Béchar Béchar () is the capital city of Béchar Province, Algeria. It is also a commune, coextensive with Béchar District, of Béchar Province. In 2008 the city had a population of 165,627, up from 134,954 in 1998, with an annual growth rate of 2.1% ...

, the capital city of Béchar Province, Algeria

People

Given name

Bashar Abdullah Bashar Abdullah Abdul Aziz (; born 12 October 1977) is a Kuwaiti former professional footballer who played as a forward. He was a part of the mini revival of Kuwaiti football between 1996 and 1998. His part included winning two Gulf Cups, re ...

(born 1977), Kuwaiti footballer *

Bashar al-Assad Bashar al-Assad (born 11September 1965) is a Syrian politician, military officer and former dictator Sources characterising Assad as a dictator: who served as the president of Syria from 2000 until fall of the Assad regime, his government ...

(born 1965), Former president of Syria *

Bashar Jaafari Bashar Jaafari, also Ja'afari, (; born April 14, 1956) is a Syrian diplomat. During his tenure as the Permanent Representative of Syria to the United Nations (PermRep) from 2006 to 2020, Jaafari was notable for his strident defense of the Assad ...

(born 1956), Syrian diplomat * Bashar Barakah Jackson (1999–2020), American rapper * Bashar Lulua (born 1963), Berlin-based Arab orchestra conductor * Bashar Masri (born 1961), Palestinian American entrepreneur * Bashar Murad (born 1993), Palestinian singer-songwriter *

Bashar Rahal Bashar Mounzer Rahal (, ; born 20 October 1974) is a Bulgarian actor. Life and career Early life Bashar Rahal was born in Dubai, UAE, the son of Lebanese father Mounzer Rahal and Bulgarian mother Mariana Rahal. His sister, Carla Rahal, also a ...

(born 1974), Bulgarian actor of Lebanese descent * Bashar Rasan (born 1996), Iraqi footballer * Bashar al-Shatti (born 1982), also known as Basharno, Beesho and Maystro, Kuwaiti singer, songwriter and actor * Bashar Shbib (born 1959), Syrian Canadian filmmaker * Bashar Srour (born 1972), Syrian footballer * Bashar al-Zoubi, Free Syrian Army general *

Bashar Warda Bashar Matti Warda (; born 15 June 1969 in Baghdad, Iraq) is a Chaldean Catholic cleric and the current Archbishop of Erbil (in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq). Biography Born in 1969, Warda joined the Saint Peter's Chaldean seminary in Baghda ...

(born 1969), Iraqi Chaldean Catholic cleric and Archbishop

Surname

Caresse Bashar Karess Bashar () (b. Damascus - 16 February 1976) is a Syrian film and TV actress of Kurdish descent. She has played many roles on Syrian soap operas. Her only feature film is Usama Muhammad's ''The Box of Life ''The Box of Life'' (, ) is a 2 ...

(born 1976), Syrian film and TV actress *

Habibul Bashar Qazi Habibul Bashar (; born 17 August 1972) is a retired Bangladeshi cricketer and the former captain of the Bangladesh cricket team. Under the managership of Dav Whatmore, he has been found to be the most successful captain to lead the Bangla ...

(born 1972), Bangladeshi cricketer *

Khademul Bashar M Khademul Bashar, BU, psc (1 September 1935 – 1 September 1976) was a two star air officer who served as chief of air Staff of the Bangladesh Air Force on 1976. He also held the office of Deputy Chief Martial Law Administrator and was in ch ...

(1935–1976), Bangladeshi air marshal

Title

Abul Bashar Abul Bashar () is a popular Indian Bengali writer from the state of West Bengal in India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest ...

(born 1951), Bangladeshi writer *

Bashshar ibn Burd Abū Muʿādh Bashshār ibn Burd (; 714–783), nicknamed al-Muraʿʿath (, 'the wattled'), was a Persian poet of the late Umayyad and early Abbasid periods who wrote in Arabic. Bashshar was of Persian ethnicity; his grandfather was taken as a ca ...

(714–783) nicknamed "al-Mura'ath", poet in the late Umayyad and the early Abbasid periods * Haji Bashar, convicted former Afghan drug lord

Others

* Bashar language, an alternative name for Yankam language, a moribund Plateau language of Nigeria *

Bashar (Dune) This is a list of terminology used in the fictional ''Dune'' universe created by Frank Herbert, the primary source being "Terminology of the Imperium", the glossary contained in the novel ''Dune'' (1965). ''Dune'' word construction could be clas ...